AREA 8. Literacy Learning and Practice in Multicultural and Multilingual Settings

Erica Holyoke, University of Colorado Denver

Monaliza Maximo Chian, University of Northern Iowa

Enhancing mainstream elementary teachers’ strategies to encourage and support multilingual students’ academic talk - Erika Johnson, University of Iowa

Multilingual Teachers as Agents of Change: A Critical Examination of Linguistic Ideologies and Leadership in Schools - Erica Holyoke, University of Colorado Denver; Heather Dunham, Clemson University; Katie Crook, Clemson University

Teacher Satisfaction and Learning: Evaluation of a Co-Design Featured Translanguaging Professional Development - Hien Thi Tran, University of Houston; Jie Zhang, University of Houston; Zhenjie Hou, University of Houston; May JadAllah, Independent researcher; Araceli Enriquez Andrade, University of Houston; Sissy S. Wong, University of Houston; Yonglin Ruan, University of Houston